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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP150102426
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Taking advantage of rising CO2 to maximise ecosystem productivity. The rising atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide provides an opportunity to increase ecosystem productivity, especially in agricultural systems. To what extent is highly uncertain, particularly when combined with changing temperature and precipitation. It has recently been demonstrated that seasonal water supply is the strongest controller of the productivity response to high carbon dioxide concentrations of grasslands. This project aims to elucidate the processes governing this response and develop simple models that could allow the conditions required to maximise the productivity benefit from rising carbon dioxide concentration to be calculated.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2015
End Date: 12-2017
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $315,700.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Agro-ecosystem Function and Prediction | Terrestrial Ecology | Crop and Pasture Production | Crop and Pasture Biomass and Bioproducts
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Sown Pastures (excl. Lucerne) | Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
